Posts by Peter Campos

2025 Legislative Update #11 KEY ISSUES AFFECTING YOUR BUSINESS COMMERCE – COLLABORATION – COMMUNITY KNOW AND UNDERSTAND BEFORE YOU VOTE – PAID FAMILY & MEDICAL LEAVE MEDICAID TRUST FUND IS THERE A DOCTOR IN THE STATE? LOANS, COMPACTS & MALPRACTICE WHATEVER HAPPENED TO MINIMUM WAGE WHAT A CONCEPT! KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THE LEGISLATION BEFORE YOU…

  2025 Legislative Update #10 KEY ISSUES AFFECTING YOUR BUSINESS COMMERCE – COLLABORATION – COMMUNITY PAID FAMILY & MEDICAL LEAVE LAST COMMITTEE LIQUOR EXCISE TAX INCREASE INTERSTATE MEDICAL LICENSURE COMPACT E.M.S. COMPACT GETS A “DO PASS” HB-11 PAID FAMILY & MEDICAL LEAVE WELCOME CHILD & FAMILY WELLNESS LEAVE ACT SENATE TAX GIVES A “DO PASS”…

  2025 Legislative Update #9 KEY ISSUES AFFECTING YOUR BUSINESS COMMERCE – COLLABORATION – COMMUNITY PAID FAMILY & MEDICAL LEAVE HOUSE FLOOR VOTE LAST MINUTE $500 MILLION $$$ TAX INCREASE BREAKING NEWS HOUSE VOTES 38 TO 31 APPROVES PAID FAMILY & MEDICAL LEAVE WELCOME CHILD & FAMILY WELLNESS LEAVE ACT This afternoon (02/28/25) the New…

  2025 Legislative Update #8   KEY ISSUES AFFECTING YOUR BUSINESS COMMERCE – COLLABORATION – COMMUNITY U R G E N T PAID FAMILY & MEDICAL LEAVE/WELCOME CHILD & FAMILY WELLNESS LEAVE ACT Late last night we were told that HB 11 – the “Paid Family and Medical Leave Act” …now named the “Welcome Child…

  2025 Legislative Update #12   KEY ISSUES AFFECTING YOUR BUSINESS COMMERCE – COLLABORATION – COMMUNITY PAID FAMILY & MEDICAL LEAVE CUTS OR INCREASES – THE TAX PACKAGE PAID FAMILY & MEDICAL LEAVE DIES IN ‘SENATE FINANCE’ On Saturday morning the voices of small-businesses and employees in Gallup McKinley County and across New Mexico were…

  2025 Legislative Update #7   KEY ISSUES AFFECTING YOUR BUSINESS COMMERCE – COLLABORATION – COMMUNITY FINALLY! A NEW McKinley/CIBOLA REPRESENTATIVE IS APPOINTED ATTRACTING DOCTORS NURSES NEEDED…BUT YOU CAN’T MANDATE WHAT YOU DON’T HAVE WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE…BUT NOT A DROP TO DRINK MEET OUR NEW LEGISLATOR Martha Garcia – District 6 (D) – Cibola McKinley…

  2025 Legislative Update #6   KEY ISSUES AFFECTING YOUR BUSINESS COMMERCE – COLLABORATION – COMMUNITY IN THE RED FROM THE GET-GO WELCOME CHILD & FAMILY WELLNESS ACT – FORMERLY KNOWN AS PAID FAMILY & MEDICAL LEAVE B I G BUDGET! SWEEPING ZERO EMISSIONS BILL IS TABLED IN SENATE FINANCE Conference Committees & Concurrence The…

  2025 Legislative Update #5   KEY ISSUES AFFECTING YOUR BUSINESS Renamed PAID FAMILY & MEDICAL LEAVE – TRAIN WRECK   It doesn’t matter what you name it…IT’S STILL A BAD BILL As the Committee room filled with mostly opponents, and then the legislators on the committee, you could almost feel the wrecking ball hitting…

  2025 Legislative Update #4   KEY ISSUES AFFECTING YOUR BUSINESS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MEDICAID FORWARD PLAN GREENBACKS TO GREEN MINIMUM WAGE CRIME PACKAGED UP HOW B I G IS SMALL BUSINESS IN NEW MEXICO   BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PACKAGE HEADS TO SENATE FLOOR A package of bills – Senate Bills 1, 2 and 3 – will…

  2025 Legislative Update #3   KEY ISSUES AFFECTING YOUR BUSINESS PAID FAMILY & MEDICAL LEAVE MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE WORKERS COMP INCREASED COST The Gallup McKinley County Chamber remains at the front lines to advocate for smart business and community friendly policies and legislation. Bills like HB 19 “The Trade Ports Development Act”, Senate Bill…